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It was months behind schedule. instead of falling further behind the soviets nasa officials had a bold idea. >> the lunar module unfortunately was delayed considerably. and so nasa again in one of the, i think one of the great strokes of management substituted apollo 8 from an earth orbital flight to a lunar orbital flight. >> reporter: if it worked, america would actually leapfrog the soviets in the space race an astronaut, not a cosmonaut, would be the first to fly around the moon. >> it was one of the big gambles that nasa at the direction of the president took in order to establish that am...

Could just tell by the look on her face that she knew something was wrong. >> reporter: the three were given hero's funerals. and in their honor, mission af-204 was redesignated apollo i. it could well have been the last apollo. >> that put the apollo program on hold. frank gorman became very instrumental in reviewing the hold issue. >> nasa, especially investigators themselves, that kept the outside without the slightest idea was going on. that was one of the hallmarks of the confidence that the public had in nasa at that time. we were able to get a team together and point out the failures an...

As a rock. yep. >> victorino has been a heck of an addition. >> and a terrific guy. >> wow. that must have been an amazing game. >> other good news. the red sox now have a major league leading 11 walk-off wins. wasn't the only good news for boston. pitcher aceves welcomed a new baby into the world yesterday, the new name, apollo i. >> same as my oldest son. >> inspired by rocky. >> i'm excited for the red sox. this is cool. dodgers/clubs. l.a. continuing to be one of the hottest teams in baseball behind rookie yasiel puig. homered again last night. dodgers have won eight of their last ten. b...